Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Inc.

The Center for Pan Asian Community Services, Inc.’s (CPACS) mission is to promote self-sufficiency and equity for immigrants, refugees, and the underprivileged through comprehensive health and social services, capacity building, and advocacy. Since 1980, CPACS has provided a home base and essential programs that support Asian Americans in their new chosen country. CPACS began as a volunteer-run organization providing health and human services to the area’s Korean Americans. Today, CPACS has a diverse staff of more than 100 full- and part-time employees, capable of speaking 15 different languages. The staff, led by CEO/ President Chaiwon Kim, provides a broad array of programs that serve men, women, seniors, children and youth in metro Atlanta and beyond. The number of individuals served each month has grown from 791 in 1999 to an average of 2,300 in 2011.